after the Fruit

Tree,

Fruit from Tree,

Boy tasted Fruit,

Fruit that was shared supper,

Woman who is fruit.

Boy now hungry,

Fruit now ripe,

Tree that bred Fruit,

Earth that sweetened her rainy Hair, 

Fruit that embraced him 

that drew Breath from within her,

Breasts opening

where Tree touched Earth,

Boy who could taste Fruit

could drink from her Leaves.

Boy longed for her Fruit,

Poems born from Earth’s MotherOcean,

Poems rooted in Wind,

Fruit sweetened by Sky,

Boy who kneeled beneath Sky

trusting the Fruit to ripen Earth,

Earth that is Temple,

Woman who is Tree,

who merged her Sex with Tree,

who planted her Roots to Earth,

whose Lips are Fruit

Boy could only taste.

Woman. 

Tree.

Earth.

and Boy 

ripen into One,

bearing all the Sweetness

after the Fruit

ornaments them,

and then begins again.

1983

NYC